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    ORA-27101: shared memory realm does not exist

    Okay, so I have spent over 2 days trying to fix this problem. I have googled the issue, searched the archives of various forums, as well as read the documentation on oracle's website. At this point I am lost.


    I am running Oracle Database 11g Release 2 EXPRESS EDITION. I am running Fedora 17 in Oracle's VirtualBox. The client I am attempting to connect to the server with is SQLDeveloper, and I am using the latest version of it.

    When I am logged in as root, these are two of the many lines I have when I type "export" in the shell:

    declare -x ORACLE_HOME="/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/xe"
    declare -x ORACLE_SID="PLSExtProc"

    Some other things to know:

    [root@zeke admin]# uname -a
    Linux zeke 3.3.4-5.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon May 7 17:29:34 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

    [root@zeke admin]# ls /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/xe/network/admin
    listener.ora samples tnsnames.ora

    (these are the only files + one directory in that particular folder)

    And here are the contents of both the .ora files:
    [root@zeke admin]# cat listener.ora

    # listener.ora Network Configuration File:

    SID_LIST_LISTENER =
    (SID_LIST =
    (SID_DESC =
    (SID_NAME = PLSExtProc)
    (ORACLE_HOME = /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/xe)
    (PROGRAM = extproc)
    )
    )

    LISTENER =
    (DESCRIPTION_LIST =
    (DESCRIPTION =
    (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC_FOR_XE))
    (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = localhost)(PORT = 1521))
    )
    )

    DEFAULT_SERVICE_LISTENER = (XE)

    # tnsnames.ora Network Configuration File:

    XE =
    (DESCRIPTION =
    (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = localhost)(PORT = 1521))
    (CONNECT_DATA =
    (SERVER = DEDICATED)
    (SERVICE_NAME = XE)
    )
    )

    EXTPROC_CONNECTION_DATA =
    (DESCRIPTION =
    (ADDRESS_LIST =
    (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC_FOR_XE))
    )
    (CONNECT_DATA =
    (SID = PLSExtProc)
    (PRESENTATION = RO)
    )
    )

    And lastly, here is the content of the sqldeveloper.sh file:

    [root@zeke admin]# cat /opt/sqldeveloper/sqldeveloper.sh
    #!/bin/bash
    ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/xe
    ORACLE_SID=PLSExtProc
    export ORACLE_HOME
    export ORACLE_SID
    cd "`dirname $0`"/sqldeveloper/bin && bash sqldeveloper $*

    Please let me know if I need to provide any other information. Thank you.

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    You should not run an Oracle database as root, you should run it as the oracle user.


    Try doing the following at a command prompt and post the results.

    Code:
    ps -ef | grep dbw0

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    Hello gandolf,

    Thank you very much for our reply. I ran the oracle daemon as root, but all the relevant programs are running under the oracle user nonetheless. Does it make a difference in that case? Also, here is the result from the command you told me to execute:

    [zeke@zeke bin]$ ps -ef | grep dbw0
    oracle 12804 1 0 04:39 ? 00:00:00 xe_dbw0_XE
    zeke 13453 11461 0 04:54 pts/1 00:00:00 grep --color=auto dbw0

    Please let me know if there is anything else I can do to be helpful or useful.

    Much appreciated,

    ezekielg

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    Oh, by the way gandolf989, I apologize in advanced for this (and to any other people reading this thread), but here is some other information that I thought might help. I'm not sure how relevant it is, but just to show everything is running:

    Code:
    [zeke@zeke bin]$ ./tnsping xe
    --- SNIP ---
    Used TNSNAMES adapter to resolve the alias
    Attempting to contact (DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = localhost)(PORT = 1521)) (CONNECT_DATA = (SERVER = DEDICATED) (SERVICE_NAME = XE)))
    OK (0 msec)

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    Log in as the oracle user. and do the following:

    . /usr/local/bin/oraenv
    xe

    then try this:

    sqlplus '/as sysdba'

    select instance_name, host_name, status from v$instance;

    and you will have your answer.

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